IMT 107 Lexicology PDF

İMT 107 Lexicology Res. Asst. Sezen Ergin Zengin 1 ETYMOLOGY THE HISTORY OF WORDS 2  Terms of last week v Properties of Language v Word v Morpheme v Word token, word type, lexeme v Signifier- signified v...

İMT 107 Lexicology Res. Asst. Sezen Ergin Zengin 1 ETYMOLOGY THE HISTORY OF WORDS 2  Terms of last week v Properties of Language v Word v Morpheme v Word token, word type, lexeme v Signifier- signified v Iconic- symbolic-indexical signs v Mental Lexicon v Organization of lexis v Ambiguity 3  Content üETYMOLOGY üHISTORY OF ENGLISH üLEXICON OF ENGLISH üLANGUAGE CHANGE 4 PART I ETYMOLOGY  What is Etymology? (1) the study of the origin of words and (2) the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. (Diachronic or synchronic?) For example, the word etymology comes to us from the Ancient Greek language. It is composed of two parts: the Greek word etymon, which means "the true sense of a word", combined with the Greek element logia, which means "doctrine, study". Combining these two parts gives us "the study of the true sense of words", which can be said to be the 'meaning' of the word etymology. 6  What is Etymology? Etymology (Gr. etymon “truth” + Gr. logos “learning”) is a branch of linguistics that studies the origin and history of words tracing them to their earliest determinable source. eu·ca·lyp·tus [ˌjuːkəˈlɪptəs]. pl. eu·ca·lyp·tus·es or eu·ca·lyp·ti (-tī′)Any of numerous tall trees of the genus Eucalyptus, native to Australia and having aromatic leaves that yield an oil used medicinally and wood valued as timber. [New Latin Eucalyptus, Greek eu-, well + Greek kaluptos, covered (from kaluptein, to cover; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots).] but.ter [Middle English butere, from Old English, from Latin btrum, from Greek boutron : bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + tros, cheese; see teu- in Indo- European roots.] 7 fındık ▽